JP6864954B2 - Route control members and wire harnesses - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a route regulating member that regulates the route of an electric wire, and a wire harness including the electric wire and the route regulating member.

Conventionally, a wire harness distributed to a vehicle or the like is provided with a route regulating member for protecting the electric wire and regulating the route of the electric wire (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The route regulating member described in Document 1 includes a main body portion in which an electric wire is housed, a trunk line insertion portion in which an electric wire is branched and extends from the main body portion, and a trunk line insertion portion through which the main wire of the electric wire is inserted, and a main body portion is branched and extends. It also has a branch line insertion part through which the branch line of the electric wire is inserted. A tongue-shaped protrusion is provided at the tip of the trunk line insertion portion. The tongue-shaped protrusions are fixed to the tongue-shaped protrusions by wrapping them with tape with the trunk line along the tongue-shaped protrusions. Further, at the tip of the branch line insertion portion, a terminal accommodating portion for accommodating terminals provided at the end of the branch line is provided.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2012-235623

By the way, in the route regulating member described in Patent Document 1, the tongue-shaped protrusion of the trunk line insertion portion and the terminal accommodating portion of the branch line insertion portion are close to each other. Therefore, when the tongue-shaped protrusion is fixed to the trunk wire by tape winding, the terminal accommodating portion interferes with the tape, which may complicate the tape winding operation.

An object of the present invention is to provide a path regulating member that can be easily fixed to an electric wire and a wire harness provided with the path regulating member.

The route regulating member for achieving the above object is applied to a wire harness including a trunk line and a wire having a branch line branched from the trunk line, and is provided along the wire to regulate the path of the wire. It is a regulating member and has a fixing portion fixed by tape winding together with the trunk line, and regulates the route of the trunk line and the trunk line regulating section extending from the trunk line regulating section to regulate the route of the branch line. A branch line regulating portion, a protruding portion protruding from the branch line regulating portion, an assembly position in which the protruding portion is located on the outer peripheral side of the fixed portion, and a retracted position retracted from the outer peripheral side of the fixed portion. Has a rotatable hinge portion.

According to the same configuration, the path restricting member is provided with a hinge portion capable of rotating the protruding portion between the assembling position and the retracting position. For this reason, when winding the tape around the fixed portion of the trunk line restricting portion along the trunk line, the protruding portion is rotated from the assembling position to the retracted position, that is, the trunk line regulating portion is fixed. By retracting the protruding portion from the outer peripheral side of the portion, it is possible to prevent the protruding portion from interfering with the tape. Therefore, the route regulating member can be easily fixed to the electric wire.

In the path regulating member, it is preferable that the hinge portion is provided in the branch line regulating portion, and the protruding portion protrudes from a portion of the branch line regulating portion on the tip side of the hinge portion. ..

For example, it is conceivable to provide a hinge portion in the middle of the trunk line regulation portion. In this case, since the fixing portion is provided on the portion of the trunk line regulating portion on the side opposite to the hinge portion on the opposite side of the hinge portion, the trunk line regulating portion is branched when it is fixed to the trunk line by tape winding. The tape will be wound at a position away from the wire regulation part. For this reason, it becomes difficult to stably fix the trunk line regulating portion to the electric wire.

In this regard, according to the above configuration, since the hinge portion is provided in the branch line regulation portion, when the trunk line regulation portion is fixed to the trunk line by tape winding, the tape is placed close to the branch line regulation portion. Can be wrapped around. Therefore, the trunk line regulating portion can be stably fixed to the electric wire.

In the route restricting member, the branch line restricting portion has a proximal end extending portion extending from the trunk line restricting portion and a distal end side extending portion, and the hinge portion has the proximal end side. It is preferable that the side edge of the extending portion is provided between the side edge of the extending portion and the side edge of the distal end side extending portion.

According to the same configuration, it is possible to easily realize a hinge portion in which the protruding portion can be rotated between the assembling position and the retracting position.
In the path restricting member, it is preferable that the base end side extending portion and the tip end side extending portion are provided with engaging portions that engage with each other due to the unevenness at the assembly position.

According to the same configuration, at the assembly position, the proximal end side extending portion and the distal end side extending portion are positioned by engaging the respective engaging portions with each other. Therefore, when the tape is wound around the branch line restricting portion along the branch line, it is possible to prevent the distal end side extending portion from being displaced via the hinge portion. Therefore, the branch line regulating portion can be easily fixed to the branch line.

Further, the wire harness for achieving the above object includes a trunk line and a wire having a branch line branched from the trunk line, and a route regulating member provided along the wire to regulate the path of the wire. In the wire harness, the route restricting member has a fixing portion in which the trunk line is fixed by tape winding, and extends from the trunk line regulating portion that regulates the route of the trunk line and the trunk line regulating portion. A branch line regulating portion that regulates the path of the branch line, a protruding portion that protrudes from the branch line regulating portion, and an assembly position that positions the protruding portion on the outer peripheral side of the tape wound around the fixing portion. It has a hinge portion that can rotate to a retracted position retracted from the outer peripheral side of the tape.

According to the same configuration, it is possible to exert the same action and effect as the first action and effect of the route regulating member.

According to the present invention, the route regulating member can be easily fixed to the electric wire.

The perspective view which shows the state which the path regulation member is fixed to the electric wire about one Embodiment of a wire harness. The perspective view which shows the state which the protrusion is in the assembly position about the path regulation member of the same embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the protruding portion is in the retracted position of the route regulating member of the same embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the protruding portion is in the retracted position of the route regulating member of the same embodiment. It is a figure explaining the operation of the same embodiment, and is the perspective view which shows the state in the process of fixing a route regulation member to an electric wire.

Hereinafter, one embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.
As shown in FIG. 1, the wire harness includes an electric wire 10 having a trunk line 11 and a branch line 12 branched from the trunk line 11, and a route regulating member 20 provided along the wire 10 to regulate the path of the wire 10. I have.

First, the electric wire 10 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, for example, a connector (not shown) connected to a vehicle battery is provided at one end of the trunk line 11. Further, at the tip of the branch line 12, for example, a connector 13 connected to a vehicle device is provided.

Next, the route regulation member 20 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the route regulating member 20 bends and extends from the end of the trunk line restricting section 30 and the trunk line regulating section 30 that regulates the path of the trunk line 11, and extends the path of the branch line 12. A branch line regulation unit 40 for regulation and a protrusion 70 protruding from the branch line regulation unit 40 are provided. The route regulating member 20 is integrally molded with a resin material such as polypropylene (PP).

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the trunk line restricting portion 30 has a long plate-shaped first wall portion 31 and a long plate-shaped portion that is bent and protrudes from one end in the width direction of the first wall portion 31. It has a second wall portion 32. The second wall portion 32 extends over the entire longitudinal direction of the first wall portion 31 (hereinafter, the first direction X). The trunk line regulating section 30 has a substantially L-shaped cross section due to the first wall section 31 and the second wall section 32. At the end of the trunk line restricting portion 30 opposite to the branch line restricting portion 40, a retaining portion 33 protruding outward from both the first wall portion 31 and the second wall portion 32 is provided. At the end of the trunk line regulating portion 30 opposite to the retaining portion 33, a widening portion 34 in which the widths of both the first wall portion 31 and the second wall portion 32 are partially expanded is provided. .. The portion of the trunk line restricting portion 30 between the retaining portion 33 and the widening portion 34 is a fixing portion 30a to be tape-wound together with the trunk line 11.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the branch line restricting portion 40 has a proximal end side extending portion 50 that bends and extends from the end portion of the trunk line regulating portion 30 toward the outside of the second wall portion 32. doing. Hereinafter, the direction in which the proximal end side extending portion 50 extends is referred to as a second direction Y. In the present embodiment, the first direction X and the second direction Y are orthogonal to each other, that is, the trunk line restricting portion 30 and the proximal end side extending portion 50 are orthogonal to each other.

The base end side extending portion 50 has a first wall portion 51 having a long plate shape and a rectangular plate-shaped second wall portion 52 protruding from one end side in the width direction of the first wall portion 51. There is. The first wall portion 51 is connected to the end of the first wall portion 31 of the trunk line regulating portion 30. Further, the second wall portion 52 is connected to the end portion of the second wall portion 32 of the trunk line regulating portion 30, and extends over the entire second direction Y of the first wall portion 51. The base end side extending portion 50 has a substantially L-shaped cross section due to the first wall portion 51 and the second wall portion 52. The second wall portion 52 is provided with a substantially rectangular engaging hole 53 that is long with respect to the second direction Y.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a hinge portion 41 formed to be thinner than the second wall portion 52 is connected to the side edge 52a of the second wall portion 52 opposite to the first wall portion 51. It is installed.
On the side of the hinge portion 41 opposite to the second wall portion 52, a tip-side extending portion 60 is continuously provided.

The distal end side extending portion 60 has a side edge 64a connected to the hinge portion 41, and has a rectangular plate-shaped plate-shaped portion 64 extending along the second direction Y. The plate-shaped portion 64 is formed to be thicker than the hinge portion 41.

Further, the tip-side extending portion 60 is a long plate-shaped portion extending substantially along the second direction Y from the side opposite to the trunk line restricting portion 30 in the plate-shaped portion 64 and bending and extending at the tip portion. It has a first wall portion 61 and a long plate-shaped second wall portion 62 projecting from one end side in the width direction of the first wall portion 61. Of the tip-side extending portions 60, the first wall portion 61 and the second wall portion 62 have a substantially L-shaped cross section. At the tip of the tip-side extending portion 60, a retaining portion 63 protruding outward from the first wall portion 61 and the second wall portion 62 is provided.

The second wall portion 62 and the plate-shaped portion 64 are provided with a protruding portion 70 that projects toward the side away from the trunk line restricting portion 30 in the first direction X. The protrusion 70 has a trapezoidal columnar shape extending along the first direction X. A fitting port 72 is provided on the slope 71 of the protruding portion 70, which is connected to the plate-shaped portion 64. For example, the route regulating member 20 is assembled to the vehicle body by fitting the convex portion (not shown) on the vehicle body side and the fitting port 72.

As shown in FIG. 4, on the surface of the plate-shaped portion 64 opposite to the protruding portion 70, a substantially rectangular parallelepiped engaging projection 65 capable of engaging with the engaging hole 53 of the base end side extending portion 50 is provided. It is provided. Note that FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the route regulating member 20 as viewed from an angle different from that of FIG.

In the path regulating member 20 having such a configuration, the hinge portion 41 retracts from the assembly position (see FIGS. 1 and 2) in which the protruding portion 70 is located on the outer peripheral side of the fixed portion 30a and the outer peripheral side of the fixed portion 30a. It is rotatable to the retracted position (see FIG. 3).

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, in a state where the protruding portion 70 is in the assembled position, the second wall portion 52 and the plate-shaped portion 64 of the base end side extending portion 50 are overlapped in the thickness direction thereof. At the same time, the engaging protrusion 65 of the plate-shaped portion 64 is inserted into the engaging hole 53 of the second wall portion 52 and engaged. In this state, the tip of the engaging protrusion 65 is buried inside the engaging hole 53 and does not protrude from the surface of the second wall portion 52. In the present embodiment, the engaging portion 90 according to the present invention is composed of the engaging hole 53 and the engaging projection 65. Further, in this state, the branch line is formed by the first wall portion 51 and the second wall portion 52 of the base end side extending portion 50, and the first wall portion 61 and the second wall portion 62 of the tip end side extending portion 60. A regulatory plane is formed along the 12 desired paths.

Further, in the state where the projecting portion 70 is in the assembled position, the projecting portion 70 and the fixing portion 30a are arranged at intervals in the longitudinal orthogonal direction (direction orthogonal to the first direction X) of the fixing portion 30a. ..

As shown in FIG. 1, in the wire harness, the trunk line regulating portion 30 is provided along the trunk line 11, and the fixing portion 30a is fixed together with the trunk line 11 by the tape 81. The trunk line 11 is fixed to the trunk line regulating unit 30 along the first direction X. In this state, the protruding portion 70 is located on the outer side in the radial direction about the axis of the portion of the trunk line 11 fixed to the trunk line regulating portion 30. Further, a branch line restricting portion 40 is provided along the branch line 12, and the base end side extending portion 50 and the tip end side extending portion 60 are fixed together with the branch line 12 by tapes 82 and 83, respectively.

Next, a method of manufacturing a wire harness by fixing the path regulating member 20 to the electric wire 10 with a tape will be described.
First, as shown in FIG. 5, the trunk line regulating portion 30 of the route regulating member 20 in the state where the protruding portion 70 is in the retracted position is placed along the trunk line 11. Then, the fixing portion 30a (see FIG. 3) of the trunk line regulating portion 30 and the trunk line 11 are fixed by the tape 81. At this time, the protruding portion 70 is located on the outer peripheral side of the tape 81 wound around the fixed portion 30a.

Next, by rotating the protruding portion 70 from the retracted position to the assembling position, the second wall portion 52 of the base end side extending portion 50 and the plate-shaped portion 64 are overlapped with each other, and the plate-shaped portion 64 is engaged. The joint protrusion 65 is inserted into the engagement hole 53 of the second wall portion 52 and engaged (see FIG. 2).

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the branch line 12 is placed along the branch line regulation unit 40. Then, the base end side extending portion 50 and the branch line 12 are fixed by the tape 82. At this time, it is preferable to wind the tape 82 around the portion of the base end side extending portion 50 where the hinge portion 41 is provided.

Finally, the distal end side extending portion 60 and the branch line 12 are fixed by the tape 83.
The operation and effect of this embodiment will be described.
(1) The route regulating member 20 has a fixing portion 30a to be tape-wound together with the trunk line 11, and extends from the trunk line regulating section 30 that regulates the route of the trunk line 11 and the trunk line regulating section 30, and is a branch line 12 A branch line regulation unit 40 that regulates the route of the above and a protrusion 70 that protrudes from the branch line regulation unit 40 are provided. The branch line regulating portion 40 has a base end side extending portion 50 extending from the trunk line regulating portion 30 and a tip end side extending portion 60, and the protruding portion 70 projects from the tip end side extending portion 60. There is. Further, a hinge portion 41 is provided between the side edge 52a of the proximal end extending portion 50 and the side edge 64a of the distal end extending portion 60. The protruding portion 70 is rotatable by the hinge portion 41 to an assembly position located on the outer peripheral side of the fixed portion 30a and a retracted position retracted from the outer peripheral side of the fixed portion 30a.

According to such a configuration, the path restricting member 20 is provided with a hinge portion 41 capable of rotating the protruding portion 70 at the assembling position and the retracting position. Therefore, when the trunk line 11 is wound along the fixed portion 30a of the trunk line regulating portion 30 with tape, the protruding portion 70 is retracted from the outer peripheral side of the fixed portion 30a of the trunk line regulating portion 30. , It is possible to prevent the protruding portion 70 from interfering with the tape 81. Therefore, the route regulating member 20 can be easily fixed to the electric wire 10.

Further, for example, it is conceivable to provide a hinge portion 41 in the middle of the trunk line restricting portion 30. In this case, the fixing portion 30a is provided on the portion of the trunk line regulating portion 30 on the side opposite to the branch line regulating portion 40 from the hinge portion 41. Therefore, when the trunk line regulating portion 30 is fixed to the trunk line 11 by tape winding, the tape 81 is wound at a position separated from the branch line regulating portion 40. Therefore, it becomes difficult to stably fix the trunk line regulating portion 30 to the electric wire 10.

In this respect, according to the above configuration, since the hinge portion 41 is provided in the branch line regulating portion 40, when the trunk line regulating portion 30 is fixed to the trunk line 11 by tape winding, it is close to the branch line regulating portion 40. The tape 81 can be wound at this position. Therefore, the trunk line regulating portion 30 can be stably fixed to the electric wire 10.

(2) The tape 82 is wound around a portion of the branch line restricting portion 40 where the hinge portion 41 is provided.
According to such a configuration, when the branch line restricting portion 40 is fixed to the branch line 12 by tape winding, the portion including the hinge portion 41 is tape-wound. Therefore, the tape 82 can simultaneously fix the branch line restricting portion 40 to the branch line 12 and restrict the rotation of the hinge portion 41.

(3) The engaging hole 53 and the engaging protrusion 65 engage with each other due to the unevenness of the base end side extending portion 50 and the tip end side extending portion 60 in a state where the protruding portion 70 is in the assembled position. An engaging portion 90 is provided.

According to such a configuration, in the proximal end side extending portion 50 and the distal end side extending portion 60, the engaging hole 53 and the engaging projection 65 are engaged with each other in a state where the protruding portion 70 is in the assembling position. Positioned by. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the tip end side extending portion 60 from being displaced via the hinge portion 41 when the branch line 12 is wound along the branch line restricting portion 40 with tape. Therefore, the branch line regulating unit 40 can be easily fixed to the branch line 12.

(4) The trunk line regulation portion 30, the branch line regulation portion 40, and the hinge portion 41 are integrally molded.
According to such a configuration, the manufacturing cost of the route regulating member 20 and the man-hours for manufacturing the wire harness can be reduced as compared with the configuration in which the trunk line regulating unit 30 and the branch line regulating unit 40 are separately provided. ..

(5) The wire harness includes a trunk line 11 and an electric wire 10 having a branch line 12 branched from the trunk line 11 and a route regulating member 20.
According to such a configuration, it is possible to exert the action and effect according to the above-mentioned action and effect (1) to (4).

This embodiment can be modified and implemented as follows. The present embodiment and the following modified examples can be implemented in combination with each other within a technically consistent range.
-For example, if the engagement hole 53 and the engagement protrusion 65 are firmly engaged with each other to prevent rotation by the hinge portion 41, a portion of the branch line restricting portion 40 different from the hinge portion 41 may be formed. The tape may be wrapped around it.

An engaging protrusion is provided on the second wall portion 52 of the base end side extending portion 50 instead of the engaging hole 53, while the above-mentioned engagement is provided on the plate-shaped portion 64 of the tip end side extending portion 60 instead of the engaging protrusion 65. An engaging hole may be provided in which the joint protrusion is engaged.

-For example, when the branch line restricting portion 40 is long, a plurality of engaging portions 90 may be provided at intervals in the second direction Y.
-In the present embodiment, the path restricting member 20 in which the first direction X and the second direction Y are orthogonal to each other and the hinge portion 41 extends along the second direction Y has been illustrated. Instead, the axis line that is the center of rotation of the hinge portion may extend along a direction orthogonal to both the first direction X and the second direction Y. Even in this case, the action and effect according to the above action and effect (1) can be obtained.

-The branch line regulation unit 40 is not limited to the one that bends and extends at a right angle from the trunk line regulation unit 30, and may extend from the trunk line regulation unit 30 by bending at an acute angle or an obtuse angle. ..
-A hinge portion can also be provided in the trunk line regulating portion 30. In this case, the axis line that is the center of rotation of the hinge portion may extend along a direction orthogonal to both the first direction X and the second direction Y.

-The branch line regulation unit 40 may branch from an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the trunk line regulation unit 30.

10 ... Electric wire, 11 ... Trunk line, 12 ... Branch line, 13 ... Connector, 20 ... Route regulation member, 30 ... Trunk line regulation part, 30a ... Fixed part, 31 ... First wall part, 32 ... Second wall part, 33 ... Retaining part, 34 ... Widening part, 40 ... Branch line restricting part, 41 ... Hinge part, 50 ... Base end side extending part, 51 ... First wall part, 52 ... Second wall part, 52a ... Side edge, 53 ... Engagement hole, 60 ... Tip side extending portion, 61 ... First wall portion, 62 ... Second wall portion, 63 ... Retaining portion, 64 ... Plate-shaped portion, 64a ... Side edge, 65 ... Engaging protrusion, 70 ... projecting portion, 71 ... slope, 72 ... fitting port, 81 ... tape, 82 ... tape, 83 ... tape, 90 ... engaging portion.

Claims (5)

It is a route regulating member that is applied to a wire harness provided with a trunk line and a wire having a branch line branched from the trunk line, and is provided along the wire to regulate the path of the wire.
A trunk line regulating section that has a fixing portion that is fixed by tape winding together with the trunk line and regulates the route of the trunk line,
A branch line regulation unit that extends from the trunk line regulation unit and regulates the route of the branch line,
A protruding portion protruding from the branch line regulating portion and
A path restricting member characterized in that the protruding portion has an assembly position located on the outer peripheral side of the fixed portion and a hinge portion rotatable to a retracted position retracted from the outer peripheral side of the fixed portion. .. The hinge portion is provided in the branch line restricting portion, and the hinge portion is provided.
The route regulating member according to claim 1, wherein the protruding portion protrudes from a portion of the branch line restricting portion on the tip end side of the hinge portion. The branch line regulating portion has a base end side extending portion extending from the trunk line regulating portion and a tip end side extending portion.
The path regulating member according to claim 2, wherein the hinge portion is provided between a side edge of the base end side extending portion and a side edge of the tip end side extending portion. The path according to claim 3, wherein the base end side extending portion and the tip end side extending portion are provided with engaging portions that engage with each other due to an uneven relationship at the assembly position. Regulatory member. A wire harness including a trunk line and an electric wire having a branch line branched from the trunk line, and a route regulating member provided along the electric wire to regulate the route of the electric wire.
The route restricting member has a fixing portion in which the trunk line is fixed by tape winding, and has a trunk line regulating portion that regulates the route of the trunk line.
A branch line regulation unit that extends from the trunk line regulation unit and regulates the route of the branch line,
A protruding portion protruding from the branch line regulating portion and
The projecting portion is characterized by having an assembly position located on the outer peripheral side of the tape wound around the fixed portion and a hinge portion rotatable to a retracted position retracted from the outer peripheral side of the tape. Wire harness to do.

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